Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-30
THE CREWS ON THE THAMES.

The Harvard Columbia Freshman
Race TO.day-Harvard Conceded the
WInner-The Great Race Tomorrow
The Betting Even-The Arrange.
ments Complete.
The quiet old town of New London is
thoroughly aroused from her usual lethargic
condition and by tomorrow she will be I'M
able to contain herself. The city is gradual
ly filling up with the arrivals of each incom-
ing train and the hotels are being subjected
to their greatest strain. Probably no
year has been accompanied with such
an undue amount of excitement in the his
tory of boating at New London as the pres-
emit and it is expected that the crowds this
week will far surpass those of any former
year.
To-day the Harvard Columbia freshman
race will occur and this will bring many
who will wait over to witness the great race
tomorrow. Harvard freshmen are betting
all the money they can get up on their crew
and it is the opinion everywhere among col
4ege men that Harvard go will score vic
tory. The race will be rowed at 6:15 p. m.
and will be rowed down the stream. Har-
ward is the fsvorite by nearly all who have
seen the crews at work. The Cambridge
boys average 161 pounds, while their oppo-
nents average fifteen pounds less. This diff
ference in weight however is not always an
index as to the way the race will turn out as
Columbia in 84 with the lighter crew beat
Harvard. Faulkner for the past few days
has been devoting himself solely to the
coaching of the freshmen and he expects as
good results from them as he effected in the
recent Varsity race. Columbia is now com
planning of sickness in the boat and says that
the crew has been rowing only week with
all their men. The betting is in favor of the
Cambridge boys and it is expected that they
will win.
The great race of the week will be rowed
tomorrow, and the interest concentrated in
1t is intense. Many of Yales best supporters
have grown 1ukewarm since the recent de-
feat of the Columbia boys in which such ex-
cellent records were made, and are very shy
in giving any backing to the blue. Yet the
feeling that was engendered by the recent
victory of Harvard is gradually wearing off,
as has been testified by the way the betting
has righted itself again. Monday night the
betting changed from the offers of SO on
Yale to the same in favor of Harvard. At
the present moment the betting is even.
Those who wonder at the fast time of both
crews in Mondays race must remember that
everything was in favor of such. The tide
and the wind were both favorable to record
breaking, and SO the times made ought not
to be made SO much of an indicator as to the
relative worth of the Harvard crew as COM
pared Win tne 1aIe. AS tne Boston Herald
remarks, had Yale been in the race she, too
would have broken the record, and perhaps
with greater effect than either of the other
two.
Both crews are said to be in perfect condi-
ton of body and are eager for Friday to come
to demonstrate their respective abilities to
their friends. Yales stroke is the more adj
mired, and it is considered by all to be the
staying stroke. Whether they can put the
muscle into it or not remains to be seen.
The race will occur at o'clock with Yale
to the west of the river. The arrangements
for it are complete. The Manbansett will
act as press boat, and will follow the crews,
keeping close behind. George A. Richards,
of Boston, and graduate of Cambridge,
England, has been chosen as referee. He
acted in that capacity in 1888, to the full
satisfaction of all. The race will be rowed
down the river.